Storm reports for September 21, 2022

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On September 21, 2022, 12 hail, 49 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 11 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Ingham County, MI. Radar estimated hail of 1 inch or larger over 358 square miles containing about 22,000 homes.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Colored areas are NOAA MRMS radar estimates of the largest hail (MESH) over the day, lower 48 states only; radar overestimates and underestimates size, so read it with the ground reports.

Storm reports by state

Cities with the largest radar-estimated hail

Counties by homes inside 1″+ radar-estimated hail

Homes are 2020 Census housing units and people are 2020 Census residents, counted by block group where its center of population lies under radar-estimated hail of 1 inch or larger.

Hail reports (12)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $375,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (61 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rush County, IN (near Circleville) · Thunderstorm wind 67 mph · $200,000
  “Thunderstorm downburst winds blew down trees through the town of Rushville and along the south side of town...damaging 6 homes, including partial roof damage to a building on the southwest side of Rushville. Winds continued to down trees and powerlines to the southeast side of Rushville.”
• Jennings County, IN (near Brewersville) · Thunderstorm wind 64 mph · $60,000
  “Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage along Base Road from County Road 575 North to County Road 850 North, and to the northeast from that area. Several large trees were uprooted while winds downed power lines, broke off power poles, and bent flagpoles to the ground.”
• Decatur County, IN (near Greensburg) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm downburst winds blew down trees and power lines in central Decatur County.”
• Gratiot County, MI (near Breckenridge) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $10,000
  “Several trees were blown down near Breckenridge.”
• Lawrence County, PA (near Shaw Jct) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were reported down near Hillsville Road.”
• Venango County, PA (near Raymilton) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $10,000
  “Trees were blown down along US Route 62.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

Guides: What radar-estimated hail (MESH) is and isn't · Storm reports: preliminary vs final